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US Stamps
Jul 2, 2022, 11 AMScott numbers for Women’s Rowing, Mighty Mississippi stamps
What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2023 Scott catalogs. -
insights
Jul 1, 2022, 6 AMBy Topic – July 2022
The listings from the July 2022 Scott New Issues Update fall into a wide range of popular topical collecting areas. -
World Stamps
Jun 30, 2022, 11 AMEstonia marks a century of diplomatic relations with the United States
The €1.90 international-rate stamp shows the national flags of Estonia and the United States. -
US Stamps
Jun 30, 2022, 8 AMInside Linn’s: U.S. Special Handling service comes to an end after 97 years
Also this month, an exploration of the key airplane mail flights of 1911, and a philatelic visit to the post office in St. Kitts. -
World Stamps
Jun 30, 2022, 7 AMNew Scott catalog digital subscriptions by region
The four new Scott regional catalogs are British Commonwealth, Germany and Areas, France and Colonies, and Portugal and Colonies. -
US Stamps
Jun 29, 2022, 4 PMCrystal, Minn., hosts Minnesota Stamp Expo July 15-17
The Minnesota Stamp Expo theme celebrates Minnesota artists, specifically George Morrison and Charles Schulz. -
US Stamps
Jun 29, 2022, 9 AMA first-day cover signature quiz
Both are signed by people who have a connection to the stamp subject. -
World Stamps
Jun 29, 2022, 8 AMColorful and attractive set of three Reunion airmail stamps is a bit overvalued
Reunion issued its own stamps from 1852 until Jan. 1, 1975, when they were superseded by the stamps of France. -
World Stamps
Jun 28, 2022, 2 PMArmenian stamp honors Nobel laureate living in California
The stamp pictures Ardem Patapoutian, the Armenian-American molecular biologist who shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with David Julius. -
US Stamps
Jun 28, 2022, 10 AMQuintet of U.S. forever stamps strums mariachi music July 15 in Albuquerque
The new Mariachi stamps are the first to be issued at the new 60¢ first-class letter rate that went into effect July 10 along with other postal rate increases. -
US Stamps
Jun 28, 2022, 9 AMJuly cartoon caption contest focuses on Declaration of Independence
Entries with a touch of humor or irony stand the best chance of winning the contest. -
Auctions
Jun 28, 2022, 8 AMNew U.S. 13¢ Talking Pictures color-omitted error in July 12-14 Cherrystone auction
Linn’s Stamp News was made aware of the 13¢ Talking Pictures color-omitted error pane at the April 22-24 Westpex show. -
World Stamps
Jun 27, 2022, 1 PMCanada Post begins Indigenous Leaders series with set of three stamps
The nondenominated, permanent-rate (currently 92¢) stamps honor Harry Daniels, Jose Kusugak and Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier. -
US Stamps
Jun 27, 2022, 10 AMGreat American Stamp Show this August in Sacramento
The U.S. Postal Service will issue five Pony Cars commemorative forever stamps at a ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 11 a.m. on the main show floor. -
Postal Updates
Jun 26, 2022, 4 PMBentonia Festival entertains blues enthusiasts for 50 years
The inaugural festival was held in 1972 at legendary bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ family farm about a mile north of Bentonia. -
US Stamps
Jun 24, 2022, 2 PMBooklet-forming machine misread plate number on U.S. 1981 booklet pane
When the Bureau of Engraving and Printing decided to add plate numbers to United States coil stamps in 1981, it also undertook to add them to booklet panes. -
US Stamps
Jun 23, 2022, 2 PMChicagopex exhibiting prospectus available
Show organizers expect more than 280 frames of philatelic material to be on display. -
World Stamps
Jun 23, 2022, 11 AMWinning design in Ukraine’s second design contest features tractor and tank
Ukrposhta reported June 15 that almost 834,000 Ukrainians voted in the contest, with the winning design receiving 340,000 votes. -
Auctions
Jun 23, 2022, 9 AMTrio of PRC rarities in June 29 Kelleher and Rogers auction
“The three stamps offered here are not only treasured by collectors, but also stand out as important cultural icons of modern China, embodying its sociopolitical history and mirroring its economic development,” Kelleher and Rogers said. -
US Stamps
Jun 23, 2022, 8 AMInside Linn’s: New stamps, a new coin and postal reform on July 1, 1851
Also this week, a mysterious card used to mail a motion picture from Oregon to Washington state, and a positive review of a $20 mixture of worldwide stamps.